The Work in Progress
2026
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Ian Cheney
Director & actor
Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has completed ten feature documentaries, including King Corn (2007), The Greening of Southie (2008), The City Dark (2011), The Search for General Tso (2014), Bluespace (2015), The Most Unknown (2018), The Emoji Story (2019), Thirteen Ways (2019), Picture a Scientist (2020) and The Long Coast (2020). His short films include Two Buckets (2006), Truck Farm (2010), The Melungeons (2013), The Smog of the Sea (2016) and The Measure of a Fog (2017). He received bachelor’s & master’s degrees from Yale University, and an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. A former MacDowell Fellow & Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, he lives in midcoast Maine. For more information about Ian’s films, visit www.wickedelicate.com.
Where to start: The Work in Progress (2026).
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Observer
2025
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Shelf Life
2024
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Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones
2023
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The Arc of Oblivion
2023 · 2.0/10
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Picture a Scientist
2020 · 8.0/10
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The Long Coast
2020
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The Emoji Story
2019 · 9.0/10
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The Most Unknown
2018 · 6.6/10
Popcorn FlickThe Smog of the Sea
The Smog of the Sea
2017
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Bluespace
2015
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The Search for General Tso
2014 · 6.4/10
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The Melungeons
2013
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The City Dark
2012 · 7.5/10
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Truck Farm
2011 · 7.3/10
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The Greening of Southie
2008
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Ian Cheney movie?
By viewer score, The Work in Progress (2026) at 0.0/10.
What are Ian Cheney’s most popular movies?
The Search for General Tso, The Search for General Tso, The Most Unknown.
How many movies has Ian Cheney made?
20 films on TMDB, 16 as director, 4 as actor.